Daily Press All-Stars: Gloucester's Cassidy Goodwin | Field hockey

Daily Press fall players of the year

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Cassidy Goodwin from Gloucester High is the field hockey player of the year. She is standing on the deck of an Army BARC which stands for barge amphibious resupply cargo. This massive floating wheeled vehicle was capable of landing an M60 tank or up to 200 soldiers on a beach. No Mags, No Sales...

Cassidy Goodwin from Gloucester High is the field hockey player of the year. She is standing on the deck of an Army BARC which stands for barge amphibious resupply cargo. This massive floating wheeled vehicle was capable of landing an M60 tank or up to 200 soldiers on a beach. No Mags, No Sales... (Rob Ostermaier / Daily Press)

Cassidy Goodwin doesn't like talking about herself. Even if there is a lot she could say about how good she is at her craft.

So we turn to Mike Miller, her field hockey coach at Gloucester High.

"I first saw her play when she was in middle school," he said. "Even then, her skill and stick work and basically her knowledge of the situations were so above and beyond the other players on the field.

"I always look at it that she's two plays ahead of everyone else. That's a unique thing."

And Goodwin is a unique player. There are several reasons we chose her as the Daily Press Field Hockey Player of the Year, including 27 goals and an amazing 36 assists. But the biggest is how she is always two steps ahead on the field.

Goodwin, a center midfielder, was never better than in the Group 5A state semifinals. She had a goal and three assists in the Dukes' 7-0 win Orange County. Even if you know nothing about field hockey, you could tell she was in charge.

"I've always felt from that position, you can gauge where everyone else should be because you can see everyone in front of you and behind you," she said. "It's a big leadership kind of position, because you tell your forwards where to be and your defense when it needs to drop."

She was the Conference 10 and 5A South Player of the Year, and she made first-team all-state. And she's only a sophomore.

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